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Article #226Re: kevlar/carbon hull construction
From: Gadfly
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1985 22:51
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1985 22:51
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> > I am interested in communicating with someone who either has
> > experience in building boats with carbon fibre glass or kevlar,
> > or owns a boat built of same and can argue the
> > relative virtues of either...
I've worked with regular fiberglass and a bit with kevlar (all in
the course of repairing a Pearson Ariel). Kevlar is very tricky.
It's hard to get the resin to soak into the fibers, and of course,
it's hell to cut. Thus, there seems to be a much higher risk of
delamination. Awfully strong, however--indeed, bullet-proof.
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